Sentences with phrase «earth mining»

These towers indirectly cause the death of thousands of Chinese in the rare earth mines each and every year.

The world is scrambling to open up new sources and reopen old ones, such as Mountain Pass Rare Earth Mine in California which used to supply the majority of the world's demand but has been mothballed since 2002.

Smith, a lawyer with a degree in agricultural engineering from Colorado State University, wants to rewrite the global rare - earth mining playbook.

The center of rare - earth mining there is Baotou, a city in Inner Mongolia with 2.3 million residents that's become something of a poster child for mining's ecological wreckage.

(Molycorp Minerals — the biggest rare - earth mining operation in the United States — optimistically calls them «the green elements.»)

Rare earth mining destroys a lot of trees and habitats, so does ewates and petrol.miqning for plastics and such, I am just not convinced they are any greener as it stands.

On this episode of the Mongabay Newscast we discuss a proposed rare earth mining project in Madagascar that worries both lemurs and locals, and we also speak with a researcher...

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has cut China's target output from rare earth mines by 8.1 percent this year — alongside cooling measures for other commodities, including polysilicon — and is forcing mergers of mining companies in order to improve technical standards.

But regulatory pressure, coupled perhaps with the market forces of the new Molycorp mine, could be the start of a cleaner rare - earth mining industry.

Others are looking into re-opening rare earth mines in the United States, including some recently found deposits to the tune of 13 million metric tons, so perhaps rare earths haven't peaked just yet, USGS representative told Tech EYE:

Generating use for cerium should generate additional cash flow for some of the traditional forms of rare earths mining.»

And if Molycorp executives are correct, they may be modernizing rare - earth mining in a way that could force Chinese competitors to improve the way they operate.

The Chinese government has also increased efforts to reduce the ecological damage of rare - earth mining.

The company has come up with a proprietary method that it believes is the answer to the toxic mess that's defined much of the world's rare - earth mining.

E-waste is a problem, petrol used to produce plastics are a problem, rare earth mining is very bad for the planet as it stands.

«Clean» wind power is anything but, when factoring the pollution from rare earth mining and processing in China.

I believe it is true that there has been very serious environmental damage due to rare earth mining in China, but wind turbines are by no means the only use for rare earth minerals; they have become very widely used in the modern world.

But regulatory pressure, coupled perhaps with the market forces of the new Molycorp mine, could be the start of a cleaner rare - earth mining industry.